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Political Campaigns

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Udney Hay Jacob letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325737]
Identifier: MSS SC 2705
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter addressed to Martin Van Buren and dated 19 March 1840. Jacob writes to Van Buren offering to aid him in the presidential election if Van Buren would finance the printing of a manuscript to be used against Joseph Smith and the Mormons.

Dates: 1840 March 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Udney Hay Jacob letter

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